KARZAI ASKS OBAMA FOR REVIEW OF AFGHAN WAR

KARZAI ASKS OBAMA FOR REVIEW OF AFGHAN WAR

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August 13, 2022

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked US President Barack Obama to review how the war in Afghanistan is being conducted as civilian deaths continue to rise. A statement issued by the presidential palace on August 14 said Obama agreed in a video call to start talking about a review, which Karzai also proposed in a letter. “The two presidents agreed that discussions regarding a strategic review of the more effective ways of fighting terrorism should begin,” the statement said. “The war on terrorism should not be won in the villages of Afghanistan, there should be a strategic review of the method of fighting terrorism,” it said, adding they also discussed the parliamentary election on Sept. 18 and efforts to combat corruption. Civilian casualties caused by US and other foreign forces have been a source of friction between the Afghan government and its Western backers and led to a serious dispute between the two sides last year.